Specifications
Getting Started with MIX82
Quick Formatting SCSI Drives
Macintosh Requirements
On Macintosh systems, SCSI hard drives used
for audio recording on TDM systems must be
formatted (or initialized) for either the HFS or
HFS+ file system. Drive partitions of up to
2 terabytes (2000 gigabytes) can be used.
TDM systems require that you use the Ex-
pressPro-Tools (Mac OS 9) or ExpressStripe
(Mac OS X) utility software from ATTO (in-
cluded on the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM) for
all drive formatting and partitioning. Only one
disk utility should be used for all drives in a sys-
tem.
Windows Requirements
SCSI hard drives used for audio recording on
TDM systems must be formatted for the FAT32
or NTFS file system. Under Windows 2000 and
Windows XP, NTFS drive partition sizes are only
bound by the physical size of the drive, whereas
FAT32 drive partitions have a limit of 32 GB.
TDM Windows systems require that you use Mi-
crosoft Windows Disk Administration software
for drive formatting and partitioning. Use only
one disk utility for all drives in a system.
Initializing a Macintosh Drive
To initialize a new Macintosh drive:
1 Turn on your hard drives, computer, and any
other peripherals.
2 Do one of the following:
◆ With Mac OS 9, use the ExpressPro-Tools soft-
ware utility included on your Pro Tools Installer
CD-ROM to initialize and partition any new
hard drives.
◆ With Mac OS X, use the ExpressStripe software
utility included on your Pro Tools Installer CD-
ROM to initialize and partition any new hard
drives.
Initializing a Windows Drive
To format a new Windows drive:
1 Turn on your hard drives, computer, and any
other peripherals.
2 Use Microsoft’s Disk Management software,
located in the Administrative Tools control
panel under Computer Management > Storage.
Refer to your Windows manual or Windows
help for information on how to use the Disk
Management software.
For details on using disk formatting utili-
ties, refer to their online documentation.
If you have drives that were formatted using
an FWB formatting utility, do not install
the ATTO ExpressPro-Tools or Express
Stripe extensions. (These extensions are not
required to format new drives.)